The Alternative Assets Law Firm

Matthew Hudson founds

MJ Hudson as the law firm

for the alternatives industry

Eamon Devlin joins firm as

Managing Partner

Mergers with VerrasLaw

and MW Cornish expand

the firm’s expertise

Alternative Business

Structure becomes effective

MJ Hudson opens offices in

Guernsey and Zurich

Employee share option plan

introduced

Team

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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Since its founding, the firm has continued to grow strongly

Clients383

as of Jan 4th

13 49 79 (cumulative)133 251

2016

490

Paris office opens

2017

71

503Offices

14team

71partners

"They have a very professional outfit, high integrity, and a

wealth of experience and knowledge."

Chambers & Partners

6years

5offices

595 projects

503 clients

8 alternative assets practice areas

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Information correct as of January 4th 2017

We are proud of what we have achieved in our first six years

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The Sodi Family Office

Establishment of the first

closed-ended fund for

Calunius Capital

Litigation

Funding

2010

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of

Chamonix’s second private

equity fund

Manufacturing 2010

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on formation of an

off-shore ‘Fund-lite’

Buyout/

Private Equity

2011

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Acquisition of a power plant

in sub-Saharan Africa and

formation of a ‘Fund-lite’

Litigation

Funding

2012

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Investment by Delivery Hero

into HungryHouse

Retail/

eCommerce

2012

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Acquisition of a majority

stake in an Israeli company

Healthcare/

Life Sciences

2013

Advising the Founders on

the provision of further

financing

Retail 2013

Establishment of a Jersey

limited partnership to act as

a feeder fund for larger

institutional investors

Secondaries 2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on an investment

into a large European

private equity fund

Private Equity 2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Sale of 20 fund interests in

funds established in

Delaware, U.S. and Cayman

Islands

Litigation

Funding

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on the structuring

and financing of Grenade, a

sports nutritional business

Healthcare /

Fitness

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of Scottish

University ‘spin out’ venture

capital fund backed by EIF

Venture /

Life Sciences

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on its investment in

a European-based

publishing business

Investment

Directories

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on fund structuring

and carry arrangements

Turnaround /

Private Equity

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of Zenith LP

and the acquisition of

secondary direct assets

Real Estate /

Hospitality /

Software

2013

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Restructuring of group and

related M&A

Hedge Funds/

Restructuring

2013-15

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on venture

investment as part of a

financing round

Hospitality 2014

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising Motion Fund II on

Fund / GP restructuring with

funding from Harbour Vest

GP Restructuring

Private Equity

2014

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Secured debt financing for

Ghana’s largest indigenous

4G broadband provider

Telecoms 2014

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of Backed 1

LP, a Jersey closed-ended

venture capital fund

Venture Capital /

Funds

2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising a fund of funds on

its investment into

Searchlight Capital II LP

Buyout Fund 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of an English

closed-ended venture

capital fund, Entrepreneur

First L.P.

Venture Capital /

Funds

2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising Altamar on its

investments into various

investment funds as part of

its primary fund-of-funds

investment programme

Fund of Funds –

Private Equity

2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising an institutional fund

on its investment into

Blackstone Capital Partners

VII LP

Buyout Fund 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on the

establishment of Brook Bay

Capital’s second close-

ended fund

Funds 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising an institutional fund

on its investment into TPG

Partners VII LP

Buyout Fund 2014-15

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Acting for Octopus on the

raising of "Octopus Zenith

Opportunities II", with total

commitments of $140 million

Venture Capital /

Funds

2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on the disposal of a

portfolio of private equity

fund interests

Secondaries 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on acquisition of a

portfolio of private equity

fund interests and related

loan arrangements

Secondaries 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Example mandates

Advising a fund of funds on

its investment into

Ascendent Capital Partners

II LP

Asian Buyout

Fund

2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Acting for private equity fund

on investment into

Equistone

Private Equity 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising LGT on several

Fund and Co-Investment

investments.

Funds 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advised on the

establishment of a Cayman

Island domiciled fund

providing Commodity Trade

Finance for SME businesses

Hedge Funds 2015-16

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

MJ Hudson advised McLean

Capital on the establishment

of a Cayman Island

domiciled systematic fund

trading on the DAX index

Hedge Funds 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of a

technology fund of funds

Funds of Funds/

Private Equity

2015-16

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on various matters,

including the establishment

of start-up accelerator

programs in Singapore,

London and Berlin

Venture Capital 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Establishment of the Esportif

International sports

management group and

advising on its merger with

Big Red Management

Sports

Management

2013-15

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising tech VC investor

AngelLab on its investment

in OnePulse as part of a

$1.07 million financing round

Venture Capital 2015

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising on the disposal of a

large portfolio of private

equity fund interests to a

global fund of funds

Secondaries 2016

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Advising Adveq on its

investments into various

investment funds.

Private Equity 2015-16

M&A │ Secondaries │ Funds

Corporate / M&A

Tax

Hedge Funds

Secondaries

Finance

Private Funds

Start-Ups & VC Capital Markets

MJ Hudson has eight practice areas within alternative assets

“The MJ Hudson partners offer that rare combination of deep technical knowledge and

commercial nous.” Mark Wells, Calunius Capital

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London since 2010

Eamon Devlin

Managing Partner

Jonathan Bale

Advocate & Principal

Matthew Wrigley

Group Partner

Per Troen

Partner

Jersey since 2013

Guernsey since 2015

Zurich since 2015

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We have continued to open offices in key client jurisdictions

Benjamin Aller

PartnerParis since 2016

We strive to anticipate how the market

is moving and what our clients

are likely to require next

“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player

plays where the puck is going to be.” Wayne Gretzky

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Scale

“MJ Hudson was extremely proactive and diligent in providing legal advice during the

transaction. Their industry knowledge and experience proved invaluable.”

Alex Macpherson, Octopus Investments

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Despite our growth, we still respond and act with

speed and accuracy

Our firm is built on our experience from the world’s leading

law firms and its leading alternative investment funds,

advisers and investors

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Law

Alternative

Investments

Our flexibility allows us to better integrate with our clients’

internal processes and achieve superior alignment

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Matthew Hudson is an entrepreneurial lawyer with over 25 years of Private Equity experience, both as a lawyer and as an

investor. Matthew is a well-known industry figure, regularly speaks on new developments concerning the Alternative Assets

industries, and has authored the leading text of “Funds: Private Equity, Hedge and All Core Structures”, published by Wiley

Finance. Matthew has helped build and manage four of the major Alternative Asset law firms:

• Founder of MJ Hudson

• Co-founded the Private Equity Group of SJ Berwin

• Re-established the O’Melveny & Myers London office, and chaired the European Private Equity and M&A Practices

• Created the Proskauer Rose, London office

Further, Matthew has also worked in three Private Equity houses:

• Leveraged buy-outs for a group built within CSFB

• Founded Far Blue Ventures, the Venture Capital house, backing IP spin-outs from universities

• Coller Capital, the global Secondaries firm

Matthew has acted for an extensive number of clients in the private equity and alternative asset industries.

Matthew Hudson

Senior Partner

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MJ Hudson’s team is expert and experienced

Eamon Devlin

Managing Partner

Eamon Devlin, Managing Partner of MJ Hudson, advises on equity investments and investment funds, with experience in

M&A, spin-outs, secondaries, co-investments, GP restructurings and formation of investment funds. His clients include

Aberdeen Asset Management, Access Capital Partners, Adams Street Capital, ADVEQ, aeris, BACKED VC, DN Capital,

Graphite Capital, LGT Capital Partners, Octopus Investments, TLG Capital and Velos Partners. Recent transactions include:

• Aberdeen Asset Management on secondaries deals and primary closed-ended fund investments (2015/16)

• LGT Capital Partners on several primary closed-ended fund investments (2012/16)

• Swiss family office regarding a restructuring of a European-based retail business and sale of assets (2015/16)

Eamon was previously at King & Wood Mallesons (formally SJ Berwin) and Proskauer (Boston and London) and studied

Law at the London School of Economics.

Eamon is highly recommended for Investment Funds by Legal 500 (2016) ‘very knowledgeable and understands the issues

in a matter quickly’ and ‘focus and drive get the deal done’. Chambers & Partners (2015) also recommended him as ‘Up and

Coming’ for Private Equity/Buyouts.

Peter joined the firm in January 2014 and is the firm’s Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible providing financial strategic

input to the firm, as well as financial management and compliance with relevant legislation and regulations. Peter is a Fellow

of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and

qualified Prince 2 Practitioner (Project Management). Peter has held numerous directorships including :

• Finance Director from 2009 to 2014 of Mayo Wynne Baxter LLP, a regional legal services firm based in East Sussex with

5 offices and 200 partners and staff

• Various senior management roles at Hastings Insurance Services Limited (Hastings Direct) from 1997 to 2009, including

Group Finance Director and Chief Executive. The company employed 1,500 staff in 3 contact centres in the UK with over

400,000 policyholders. Peter oversaw the sale of the company and group to Insurance Australia Group in 2006

• Founding chairman of Advantage Insurance Company (Gibraltar)

Peter is a founding member of the ICAEW’s Solicitors Group for Members in Business who meet regularly to discuss

developments in financial management, regulation and compliance.

Peter Connell

Partner, CFO

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Benjamin Aller, the resident partner in MJ Hudson’s Paris office, has more than 20 years’ experience advising on private

investment funds and related transactions.

He has acted on the formation of a wide range of vehicles including venture capital funds, buyout funds, mezzanine funds,

hedge funds, private equity real estate funds, infrastructure funds and funds of funds. He has advised on several hundred

fund of fund investments and routinely acts for buyers or sellers in secondary transactions involving fund investments.

Benjamin also has extensive experience advising asset managers on financial regulatory matters and the structuring of

carried interest incentive schemes. Benjamin’s experience covers funds investing around the world, including Europe, North

America, the Middle East, India, East Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is equally at ease advising on limited partnerships,

corporate fund vehicles and specialised fund structures. Benjamin is recognised as a leading expert in private funds in the

latest editions of Chambers Global, Legal 500 and the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. He served on the

Private Funds Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (IBA), as well as the Legal and Regulatory Council of the

Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). He has represented France as member of the Tax and Legal

Committee of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and he is active in the legal task force of

the MENA Private Equity Association.

Benjamin Aller

Partner

Ted Craig

Partner

Ted Craig leads MJ Hudson’s Secondaries team and advises clients on all aspects of private equity secondary

transactions, including indirect portfolio acquisitions and disposals, secondary directs, leveraged secondaries and fund

restructurings and other liquidity solutions. Ted also has a broad private fund formation practice, acting for fund

managers on the establishment of private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and other closed ended funds and funds

of funds and for investors on their primary investments into such funds. Recent transactions include:

• Advising Gulf Investment Corporation on the disposal of a portfolio of 40 private equity fund interests to Deutsche

Bank’s secondaries fund (2016)

• Advising Aberdeen Asset Management on both private fund interest disposals and acquisitions (2015 / 2016)

• Advising Access Capital Partners, Altamar Capital and Idinvest on their investments into the restructuring of two

private equity funds managed by Danish buyout firm Odin Equity Partners, now BWB Partners (2015)

• Advising Montana Capital Partners on the structuring and transactional elements of its leveraged acquisition of a

portfolio of private fund interests from Erste Bank (2015)

Prior to MJ Hudson, Ted worked in the market leading international funds group at King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ

Berwin) and as in house counsel at Capital Dynamics. He has also contributed towards various industry publications.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Andrew Mills advises on private equity, infrastructure and general corporate transactions, including competitive auction

sales, public to private transactions, fund manager spin-outs, fund and fund manager formation, joint ventures and equity

fundraising. Andrew has recently advised:

• Velos Partners on its investment into SuperAwesome (2015)

• Tellurian Capital’s investment into Clearmatics Technologies (2015)

• Velos Partners on its sale of interests in Iconic Images (2014)

• The owners of LED Hut on its sale to Roark Capital (2014)

• Novo A/S and Ventech on the sale of Funxional Therapeutics Limited (FXT) to Index Ventures (2014)

• The founders of EAT (the sandwich chain) on its refinancing (2014)

• Grovepoint Capital in relation to its acquisition of Grenade fitness products (2014)

Andrew is a qualified solicitor in England & Wales, having trained at Hogan Lovells. Before joining MJ Hudson he spent 6

years working in Clifford Chance’s private equity group, including six months in Clifford Chance’s Frankfurt office in

2012. Andrew has also undertaken a secondment at 3i Group.

Andrew Mills

Partner

MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Saloni Joshi has more than 18 years’ experience advising on private investment funds and private equity related

transactions. Saloni advises on a broad range of private equity transactions, including primary investments, re-ups, co-

investments, secondary acquisitions and disposals, as well as advising on partnership and corporate law matters more

generally.

Saloni has acted for numerous international fund sponsors pursuing strategies in a variety of markets, including buyout,

venture capital, infrastructure, mezzanine, real estate and fund of funds. She has also acted for many of Europe’s leading

institutional investors in private equity funds, as well as representing investment managers, consultants, local government

bodies, pension plans, family offices and high-net worths. Saloni has experience building and developing the private equity

practices at the following firms:

Founder of SJ Advisers, a boutique private equity law firm.

Former Partner and Head of the Private Investment Funds Group in the London office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius.

Former International Counsel in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton, responsible for the development of the English

practice over the course of 9 years, including the establishment of its European private equity and M&A practice.

Saloni Joshi

Partner

Karma Samdup

Partner

Karma heads up the venture capital practice at MJ Hudson, having joined the firm in September 2013. Karma has extensive

legal and commercial experience advising clients across the venture spectrum. This includes advising new managers on

launching venture capital funds, both onshore and offshore. Karma has also developed a strong reputation for advising PE

and venture capital managers, angel networks and HNWIs as well as corporates and high-growth start-up companies in the

technology and life sciences sectors on a wide variety of matters including loan and equity funding rounds,

divestments/exits, joint ventures and re-organisations. His recent transactions include:

• Advising Entrepreneur First on the launch of two UK funds to enable them to scale both in Europe and Asia as well as

providing general advice in relation to their management vehicles (2015-2016)

• Advising Isomer Capital on the establishment of a Luxembourg-based venture capital fund-of-funds (July 2015)

• Advising Spring Partners on the launch of two related Luxembourg Funds (November 2015)

Karma joined from CMS, having spent 12 years there. During his time at CMS, Karma completed secondments with AIG,

Chartis and Zurich Financial Services. Prior to that, Karma completed the GDL and LPC at the BPP Law School, having

obtained a degree in Economics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.

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Martin is widely recognised as a leading fund management and financial services regulatory lawyer with over 25 years

experience. Martin leads the firm’s hedge fund and regulatory practice but his practice is much broader encompassing all

forms of alternative investment funds and acting, inter alia, for proprietary traders, brokers and dealers. His recent deals

and accomplishments include:

• Launch of ‘seed capital/accelerator’ Luxembourg hedge fund for US client including seed capital agreement with seed

provider to UK LLP management company and executing first investment by the Fund into a third party Cayman CTA

Fund

• Advising on the establishment of an international wealth manager with offices in Dubai, the UK, U.S.A. and Guernsey by

a team spinning out of a major international bank including related corporate structuring

Martin was previously a partner at a leading UK ‘silver circle’ law firm, partner in charge of fund management at two

US/Global law firms, European Legal Director of an international investment bank and partner in charge of fund

management and managing partner of M.W. Cornish & Co., a niche financial services law firm which merged with MJ

Hudson in 2013.

Martin Cornish

Partner

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Ben Watford

Partner

Ben’s practice focuses on a wide range of alternative investment fund law. He works with established market leading

managers and also guides emerging managers through establishment to launch, alongside experience in restructuring and

liquidating funds. Though his wide experience Ben is structurally and jurisdictionally agnostic and has experience across a

full spectrum of fund jurisdictions including Cayman, Luxembourg, Ireland, the US, Channel Islands, Malta, Gibraltar, the

UAE, Africa, Russia and the far East. Ben has worked with fund managers, family offices, sovereign investors, and

entrepreneurs across a full spectrum of asset classes including credit, event, special situations, global macro, emerging

markets, long/short, quant, multi strategy, fund of funds, commodities and real estate. Recent deals include:

• Originating and lead partner advising Westbrook on the rapid establishment of a fund to invest in oil

• Advising McLean Advisory on the launch of the McLean Systematic Master Fund, a new Cayman Islands hedge fund

focusing on short term trades on the DAX Index

Ben also has considerable experience in regulatory matters including the EU Alternative Investment Fund managers

Directive, the Financial Services and Markets Act and FCA authorisations and related regulatory matters; and banking and

capital markets issues including structured finance, securitisations, fixed income, refinancings and derivatives.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Shervin Shameli is an investment funds lawyer with particular experience advising fund managers on the establishment,

structuring and operation of UK and international investment funds and carried interest arrangements. Shervin also has

extensive experience advising institutional investors making investments into and co-investments alongside private

investment funds, with current clients including Adams Street Partners, LGT Capital Partners, Aberdeen Fund Managers

and ADVEQ. Shervin joined MJ Hudson in April 2015. A select list of Shervin’s projects including advising:

• Advising Octopus Investments on the raising of its first institutional investor fund, which closed in July 2015 with total

commitments of $140m

• Advising a private equity firm in respect of the establishment of a Guernsey based private equity fund, which held first

closing in November 2015 with commitments of €40.8m

• Advising a venture capital firm on the raising of its first early stage Luxembourg based venture capital fund, with current

total commitments of £40m

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Shervin was an Associate in the investment funds teams at Proskauer Rose and King & Wood

Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin), having trained with and qualified at SJ Berwin. Shervin has also completed secondments

with several institutional investors, namely Universities Superannuation Scheme and the European Investment Fund.

Shervin Shameli

Partner

Jonathan Bale

Advocate &

Principal

Jonathan was one of the two founders of VerrasLaw, a specialist financial services law firm established in 2008, which

joined the MJH Group in September 2014. Jonathan has worked for over two decades in the investment funds and

corporate/commercial practice areas. He has extensive expertise structuring specialist alternative, venture capital and

real estate investment funds, and advising on their regulatory position and ongoing operations. He has a specialist

practice in financial services law matters, and advises hedge, private equity and other fund managers, banks and other

investment firms on a wide range of regulatory and related matters including buyouts and structuring of financial

services groups, structuring and marketing funds, derivatives and other investment products, authorisation and ongoing

compliance requirements, cross-border business, regulatory capital requirements, agreements with customers, clearers,

custodians and other service providers and outsourcing arrangements. Jonathan is also a director of Verras Professional

Services Limited. Stand-out matters on which Jonathan has advised most recently include:

• Structural and regulatory advice on the establishment of a number of Jersey private equity and hedge funds

• All matters relating to the sale of the whole business of an internet retailer

• The re-structuring of a UK-based pharmaceuticals business.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Per Troen

Partner

Per Troen is the resident Zurich Partner for MJ Hudson. He is a Danish and English qualified lawyer with particular expertise

in corporate finance and Family Office services. He advises a number of prominent families on corporate and real estate

transactions from his base in Switzerland. He has been with MJ Hudson since 1 February 2015. His recent deals include:

• Nordlux Algae International Ltd – The world’s largest and most sustainable bulk producer of microalgae ingredients. Per

has been involved with raising seed and growth capital. The matter is still ongoing

• Project Shield – The Clients have entered into discussions in relation to a joint venture with certain third party investors,

with the objective of managing, advising and establishing a number of private and regulated investment funds. The matter

is still ongoing

Having qualified as a Danish Advokat in 1984, he travelled to the UK to study at the LSE and, subsequently, to found

Plesner, the first Danish law firm in London. He qualified as an English solicitor in 1992 and from 1997-2000 was an Equity

Partner of Osborne Clarke. Per has also founded Abbott, King and Troen, the first multinational partnership registered in

England as well as Corren Troen, the Anglo-Nordic law firm.

Matthew Wrigley

Group Partner

Matthew Wrigley is a specialist in the creation and operation of global investment funds. As a manager, he has worked for

some of the fastest-growing, and largest, asset managers in the world. As an adviser, he has worked for the largest global

law firm, as well as the largest offshore legal firm, before establishing the Guernsey office of MJ Hudson in early 2015. His

clients include a diverse range of both limited partners and general partners. His recent experience includes:

• Advising a sovereign wealth fund on its investment program through Guernsey (2015)

• Advising TCA Fund Management Group on the establishment of its flagship private equity fund (2016)

• Advising a large LSE-listed Guernsey company on a range of deals, including a convertible bond issue and a series of

M&A transactions, totalling in excess of £200 million (2015)

• Advising Duke Royalty Limited on the creation of the first listed royalty business in the European market, and its listing on

AIM (2015)

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland, Australia, and is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of

Queensland. His career has included senior roles in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, the US and, now, the Channel Islands.

Matthew is also a director on the general partner boards of iCON Infrastructure, TCA Fund Management Group and Tower

Gate Capital.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Myles Flint

Counsel

Myles joined the firm in November 2013 from M W Cornish & Co with Martin Cornish to assist in the provision of the firm’s

hedge fund practice. Myles is an English qualified lawyer with in excess of 20 years substantial multi-jurisdictional private

practice and in house experience, the past 15 of which have been spent in the funds and regulatory spaces in various

jurisdictions. He provides advice across many areas including investment funds (UK and offshore), hedge funds/funds of

hedge funds, general regulatory and corporate governance. His recent achievements include:

• Advising on a Jersey expert fund whose focus was convertible loan notes

• Advising on several hedge funds, single and master feeder (Cayman) with varying strategies

• Advising on AIFMD related agreements, marketing advice, prospectus revisions, AIFMD Supplements and depositary

agreements

Myles was educated at St Dunstan’s College, London and Oxford Brookes University where he obtained a joint BA (Hons) in

Law and French. Myles has also been admitted as a Barrister & Commissioner for Oaths in Bermuda (2008) and as an

Attorney at Law in the British West Indies (1996). He has also acted as Sole General Counsel at a niche London investment

house responsible for in excess of £20bn of investments and all related matters.

Charlene was the first employee of the Firm, joining Matthew Hudson as an Associate to launch the Firm in 2010. She has

experience on various aspects of private equity transactions, including fund formation, secondaries and corporate/M&A

transactions. She predominantly focuses on employment, partnership and other advisory work for investment firms and their

portfolio companies. She also has experience with company secretarial and intellectual property matters. As well as doing

some fee-earning work, Charlene’s main role is looking after the Firm’s day-to-day HR requirements along with assisting

Karma Samdup on recruitment. Recent advice includes:

• Consultancy agreements for various board appointments

• Drafting and reviewing director service contracts and employment contracts

• Drafting policies and employee handbooks for various start ups

• Reviewing and drafting terms and conditions of business for various start ups

• Company secretarial work and other matters typically carried out by a general counsel

Charlene Cowen

Head of People

and Wellbeing

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Graham Nicholson advises across a broad range of Private Equity transactions, including buy-outs, development capital

transactions, fund related transactions and Private Equity Real Estate. Graham also focuses on corporate transactions in the

financial markets more generally and has extensive experience of IPOs and other public company transactions as well as

corporate transactions for fast growing private companies. Recent transactions on which Graham has advised include:

• Investment into and subsequent partial sale of shares in a leading P2P lending business

• Management buy-out of an educational software company and subsequent re-structuring

• Acquisition of an asset manager with $1.7bn under management

• Fund raising by an AIM listed investment company with Rule 9 waiver

• Buy-out of the interests of the founder of a major property investment manager

Graham was a partner at SJ Berwin LLP (now King & Wood Mallesons) before moving into a business/general counsel role

with a client. He then moved to Moscow where he was a partner with Baker & McKenzie before returning to SJ Berwin,

where he was a partner in the Private Equity Group. Graham has an MBA from the London Business School and a law

degree from the London School of Economics.

Graham Nicholson

Consultant

Jocelyn has a broad asset management background focused on hedge funds, gained from both in-house legal and business

roles within the alternative investment industry. She has particular experience of fund start-ups and ongoing management,

corporate governance issues and insurance linked strategies.

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Jocelyn worked within the COO team in the Asset Management group of Credit Suisse, based in

Zurich. There she worked on all aspects of the bank’s alternative investment offerings, from investment seeding terms, fund

structuring and set up, ongoing day to day management, legal aspects of the trading, corporate governance and fund and

fund investment reorganisations.

Prior to that Jocelyn was an in-house counsel at Man Investments AG, based in Switzerland, where she was responsible for

negotiating seeding arrangements with single managers and structuring new funds.

Jocelyn started her career as a corporate solicitor with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.

Jos Cooke-Priest

Consultant

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Guy Grayson

Senior Associate

Guy joined MJ Hudson in 2013. His focus is PE fund structuring, M&A and the financing component of transactions including

in relation to secondaries, acquisition finance & secured loan facilities. He also specialises in emerging market transactions,

particularly in relation to Russia and the continent of Africa. Guy recently advised the following clients:

• TLG Capital (an evergreen credit fund): advising (i) secured debt investment of $10m into BroadBand Home, a Ghanaian

broadband provider in May 2014; (ii) secured (by bank guarantee and debenture) $25m debt investments to GetBucks

Limited, a pan-African microfinance provider (involved bilateral facilities with subsidiaries in Zimbabwe, Malawi and

Kenya)

• Energy Access Ventures (DFI backed energy fund). MJH structured this fund which raised €54m at initial close to fund

the provision of electricity to sub-Saharan Africa

• DCE Partners (PE manager that identifies, structures, and manages direct investments in Africa). MJH advised in

connection with structuring its Mauritius holding structure for purpose of investments into sub-Saharan target assets

• A Kuwaiti family office on its acquisition of a stake in a fund administration business, structured with a 3 year earn out

model

Mark Silveira

Senior Associate

Mark Silveira is an investment funds lawyer. He has extensive experience acting for both managers and institutional

investors on forming, operating, investing into and restructuring closed-end private funds, including private equity, venture

capital, energy, fund-of-funds and litigation finance. Mark has also advised on the creation of new management firms, joint

ventures, and executive hires and departures. He joined MJ Hudson in 2013. Mark’s recent experience includes advising:

• Access Capital Partners, Altamar Capital and Idinvest on the restructuring of two private equity funds managed by Danish

buyout firm Odin Equity Partners (now BWB Partners), including refinancing the existing fund portfolio, raising additional

capital for bolt-ons and seeding a second fund to make new platform investments.

• Aberdeen Asset Management and LGT Capital Partners on various LP investments in several major U.S. and European

private equity and venture capital funds.

• Evoco AG on a €35m private equity fund formed to acquire a portfolio of six companies from another fund.

• Backed LLP on the formation of its first venture capital fund.

• Quadrivio on the formation of a €120m fund acquiring portfolios of secondary fund interests.

Mark trained and qualified as a solicitor at Norton Rose and subsequently practised law at Kirkland & Ellis and Katten

Muchin Rosenman. Mark has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the London School of Economics.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Tara is an English qualified lawyer who joined our Jersey office in April 2016. She is a Senior Associate with expertise in

Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A and Finance. Tara deals primarily with debt and equity listings on the Channel Islands

Securities Exchange and AIM and has particular expertise in the technology sector following three years as Legal Counsel

for a global technology services company in London.

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Tara trained and qualified with Squire Sanders (now Squire Patton Boggs) where she was

involved with all forms of corporate work including Public Equity, M&A, Private Equity and general company law matters.

More recently, Tara gained significant IT Law and Commercial experience as Legal Counsel for Fraedom UK Limited, the

technology division of the Hogg Robinson Group.

Tara attended the University of Nottingham where she studied French, German and History before converting to Law at

Nottingham Law School. She has also studied at Aix Marseille Université and the Universität Heidelberg.

Tara Manton

Senior Associate

Emmanuel Amos

Senior Associate

Emmanuel Amos is a senior associate at MJ Hudson and has experience advising on a broad range of corporate matters

with a particular focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint-ventures, and private equity transactions. Emmanuel

also has experience advising on the formation of closed-end and open-end funds. A select list of Emmanuel’s projects

include:

• Advising Citibank Ventures, Inc. on the sale of its shares in M-DAQ Ltd, a Singapore fintech company, to two separate

purchasers.

• Advising 21st Century Fox (then News Corporation) in relation to the sale of BrandAlley UK Limited, a UK online fashion

retailer, to its management.

• Advising DS Smith plc as lead associate in relation to the sale of its European office products wholesale business to

Unipapel S.A. for £200 million, which included the on-sale of the UK business to Better Capital LLP.

• Advising EQT VI on its acquisition of Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing for €942 million.

• Advising Macquarie Capital as lead associate on its principal investment in an Indian online travel company.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Ravi joined MJ Hudson as a Senior Associate in August 2016 from a leading Magic Circle funds practice, bringing a deep

experience in various investment fund areas and matters.

Ravi is experienced in advising GPs, preparation of underlying fund documents, fund reviews and due diligence for investors

(including side letters), secondary transactions (advising both buyers and sellers), IMAs and placement agent

agreements. His recent projects include:

• Advising general partners and managers on investor negotiations

• Chinese SWF in relation to its private equity investment programme

• Major North American public pension plan on its co-investment alongside leading Euro-American private equity house

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Ravi trained and qualified at SJ Berwin (now King & Wood Mallesons) before moving on to the

Investment Funds team at Baker & McKenzie. Most recently, Ravi worked in the Investment Management Group at

Linklaters.

Ravi graduated from Oxford and Cambridge with an MLitt and MPhil in Social and Cultural Anthropology. He also has a BA

(Hons) in Archaeology from University College London.

Ravi Longia

Senior Associate

Rabie Abas

Senior Associate

Rabie joined the firm’s Guernsey office as a Senior Associate in August 2016. Rabie advises on a broad range of

investment fund related matters including fund formation, corporate finance transactions, joint ventures and mergers and

acquisitions.

Rabie’s experience includes working for and advising fund managers and banking institutions. Prior to joining MJ Hudson,

Rabie was the Australian General Counsel for an international fund manager and Company Secretary of an Australian listed

investment company. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute

of Company Directors course.

MJ Hudson’s team, continued

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Robert EkeMegan Lau

Associate

Megan is a private equity lawyer with particular experience in M&A, private company investment, fund formation and

secondaries work. Megan is a qualified solicitor in England & Wales, having trained and qualified at MJ Hudson. Recent

transactions include:

• Advising on the disposal by Gulf Investment Corporation of a portfolio of private equity fund interests to Deutsche Bank’s

dedicated secondaries fund (2016)

• Advising Montana Capital Partners on its leveraged acquisition of a portfolio of 12 private equity fund interests from Erste

Bank (2015)

• Advising Access Capital Partners on the disposal of a portfolio of private equity fund interests (2015)

• Advising on the formation of a social impact fund in Sub-Saharan Africa including the negotiation of material fund

documentation (2015).

Megan graduated with a first class honours in Law from Exeter University and completed the LPC at College of Law,

Guildford. She was the co-author of a Private Equity News article – Co-Investment: Eight-Point Health Check for Investors.

Ryan joined the firm in February 2013. Ryan is involved in a number of private equity and general corporate transactions

including investment fund formation, corporate acquisitions and disposals, equity and debt fundraisings and corporate

restructurings. Ryan particularly focusses on transactions with a venture capital element whether that is representing

corporates and founders or venture capital investors including investment funds, corporate venturers, angel investors and

HNWIs. His recent transactions include:

• Establishment, by Octopus Investments, of four single investor funds backed by Deutsche Bank, Seligman (a London-

based secondaries house), Treibreu (a family office) and Unigestion (a French asset manager) to invest in European high

growth companies (closed July 2015)

• Advising Startupbootcamp on the launch of a number of start-up accelerator programs including Fintech London,

Insurance London, Smart Transportation Berlin, Fintech Singapore and Digital Health Berlin (2015-2016)

• Advising Novo A/S – a leading European life sciences investor – in respect of their Series B investment in Karus

Therapeutics (August 2015)

Ryan Brown

Associate

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Rob joined the firm in 2013. He advises across a range of private equity, hedge and M&A matters. Rob has worked on a

number of matters for managers of, and investors in, private funds. He is one of the firm’s specialists on AIFMD and other

private fund regulation. He helped research Matthew Hudson’s book “Funds – private equity, hedge and all core structures”.

In 2014, Rob was seconded to the firm’s Jersey office. He gained experience of offshore fund formation and structuring

mandates, redomiciliations, financing, and general corporate transactions. His recent transactions include:

• Advising on investments by European institutional investors in limited partnerships (2015-16)

• The establishment of a nominee structure that allows investors to obtain EIS relief on investments managed on a

collective basis (2015)

• The establishment of McLean Systematic Fund, a master-feeder fund implementing a systematic trading model (2015)

• A European private equity investment manager’s secondary direct acquisition of portfolio assets, and the establishment

of a fund structure for that acquisition (2015)

Rob graduated in law from King’s College London.

Rob Eke

Associate

Clive Cooper

Associate

Clive works within the firm’s regulatory and pensions practice area.

He helped establish the pensions department at SJ Berwin and subsequently worked at Linklaters, before joining MJ

Hudson where he advises on pensions and financial services regulatory and compliance issues.

Clive is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and qualified with Edwin Coe in London.

Clive has an LLM degree in Corporate and Commercial Law from King’s College, London, including Law of Credit and

Security.

Clive is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers and is also a member of the National Association of Pension

Funds (NAPF).

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Ronan McCann

Associate

Ronan advises on various aspects of private equity transactions, including fund formation and corporate/M&A transactions.

Since joining MJ Hudson, Ronan has gained particular experience in relation to the establishment of venture capital funds

and has considerable experience in advising litigation funders in relation to the establishment of their funds and the

deployment of capital to finance commercial litigation claims. Ronan joined MJ Hudson’s London practice in 2012, and has

completed secondments to its offices in both Jersey and Hong Kong. His recent transactions include:

• Advising a private equity firm in respect of the establishment of a Guernsey based private equity fund, which held first

closing in November 2015 with commitments of €40.8m

• Advising a venture capital firm on the raising of its first early stage Luxembourg based venture capital fund, with current

total commitments of £40m

• Advising in relation to the establishment of a Luxembourg based venture capital fund of funds – one of only a handful in

Europe – focused on finding and backing exciting and talented new venture managers

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Ronan completed his traineeship with a leading commercial law firm. He holds an

Undergraduate Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies from Queen’s University Belfast.

Ronan McCannHannah Daly

Associate

Hannah is an investment funds lawyer with particular experience in private company investment, fund formation, M&A and

secondaries work. Hannah joined MJ Hudson as an Associate in 2015.

Recent transactions include:

• Advising Aberdeen Asset Management on a range of secondaries deals and primary closed-ended fund investments

• Advising LGT Capital Partners on several primary closed-ended fund investments

• Advising Entrepreneur First in respect of the establishment of its second fund

• Advising a new private equity firm in respect of the establishment of its first private equity fund which will invest in early

stage businesses

Advising a real estate investment business on the formal structuring of its investment activities

Hannah is a dual-qualified lawyer (England & Wales and Ireland). Before joining the firm, Hannah worked in the Asset

Management and Investment Funds group of Matheson, a leading Irish commercial law firm. She also completed an eight

month secondment to Man Group, one of the world’s largest alternative investment managers based in London. Hannah

graduated with a first class honours degree in Business and Law from University College Dublin in 2008.

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Peter Mallon

Associate

Peter joined MJ Hudson in 2016 and advises on a range of Corporate, M&A and Investment Funds matters. Recent

transactions include:

• Advising a Luxembourg based fund on a Series A investment into a music tech start-up;

• Advising on the formation of a private equity fund targeting £125m in commitments; and

• Advising on the acquisition of a public limited company by a private limited company.

Peter graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in History and History of Art from University College Dublin in 2007 and completed the

GDL and LPC at The College of Law, Bloomsbury in 2010. Peter joined MJ Hudson from a leading music and entertainment

firm in Soho where he advised clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Prior to that Peter

interned for a Congressman in Washington D.C. and worked as a paralegal for Warner Music.

Nikhil works on a variety of private equity transactions within the firm’s Private Funds, Corporate & M&A, and Secondaries

practices. Nikhil joined the firm in 2013 and prior to commencing his training contract, he spent a year working at MJ Hudson

Jersey on a broad range of cross-border matters involving both Jersey and English law, including regulatory work, fund

formation and structuring mandates, redomiciliations, and general corporate transactions. Nikhil’s recent transactions

include:

• Advising the owners of LED Hut, a leading European provider of LED lighting products, on its sale to Roark Capital

(2014)

• The secondary direct acquisition of a fund’s portfolio assets, and the establishment of a new fund structure for that

acquisition, by a European private equity investment manager (2015)

• The launch of Brook Bay Secondaries Fund II LP, Brook Bay Capital’s second closed-ended fund targeting investments

in illiquid hedge fund positions (2015)

Before joining the firm, Nikhil graduated with an LL.B. in Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences,

and worked for Novartis in Switzerland.

Nikhil Nathwani

Associate

Nikhil Nathwani

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

James Mossetto

Associate

James joined the firm in 2014 and assists partners and lawyers within the firm’s Private Funds, Hedge Funds and Corporate

and M&A practices. James’ recent experience includes fund formation mandates, secondaries work and GP restructurings.

Before commencing his training contract in March 2015, James was seconded to MJ Hudson Jersey for seven months,

where he assisted Jonathan Bale on a broad range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters involving both Jersey and

English law. Recent transactions include:

• Advising Gulf Investment Corporation on the disposal of a portfolio of 40 private equity fund interests to Deutsche Bank’s

secondaries fund (2016)

• Advising a London-based hedge fund manager on the establishment of a Cayman master-feeder fund running a

long/short investment strategy in global energy equities (2016)

• Advising a Kuwaiti family office on the acquisition of a significant stake in a fund administrator with operations in Europe,

the US and Asia (2016)

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, James worked for 18 months in an Australian Magic Circle law firm in Sydney. He also worked in

the Funds and Indirect Real Estate group at King & Wood Mallesons (formerly SJ Berwin). James graduated with First Class

Honours in Law from University of Lincoln and completed the LPC at BPP Law School with Distinction.

David joined the firm in September 2014 and from February 2015 to January 2016 was seconded to the MJ Hudson Jersey

office. David provides assistance to the partners and associates in the Ventures, Corporate and Funds practices, where he

has worked on a wide variety of matters including advising in relation to investments from both a company and investor

perspective, providing corporate support to start-up companies, corporate acquisitions and fund restructuring. David’s recent

experience has included advising on:

• The management buy-out of a retail security solutions provider.

• The migration of a Jersey Expert Fund to Luxembourg.

• The establishment of the UK business and seed funding round of a smart transportation start-up company

(WhereIsMyTransport Ltd)

The corporate restructuring of the Entrepreneur First management group.

David graduated from the University of Warwick in 2011 with a BA (Hons) in History. He completed the GDL and LLB (Hons)

at BPP Law School Waterloo.. After taking a gap year, including work at a Chinese law firm in Beijing, he completed the

LPC in 2014, earning a Distinction.

David Harris

Trainee Solicitor

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Megan joined the firm in 2015 and is a paralegal focusing on investment funds and commercial transactions for MJ

Hudson’s Guernsey Office. Megan also supports the Guernsey office as the office manager and assists with client event

coordination for MJ Hudson London. Megan has assisted with the following:

• Restructure of AIM-listed Praetorian Resources Limited into a new diversified royalty company (known as Duke Royalty),

the first of its kind in the UK market

• Creation of new Mauritian closed-ended investment fund for AMIC-Invest, which is invested in mining concessions in Mali,

West Africa

• Assisting Market Tech Holdings Limited with acquisitions of Glispa GmbH (Germany) and StuccoMedia (Israel)

Megan has accumulated over 5 years’ legal experience in the offshore fund industry. Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Megan

worked with leading law firms in the United States, Cayman Islands and Guernsey. Megan assists on a wide range of

corporate and finance matters for clients based, or investing, in the UK and across Europe. Megan graduated from

University of South Florida with honours.

Megan Morin

Paralegal

Alexander started at MJ Hudson in September 2015. Since then his has gained experience in a number of corporate and

funds matters:

• A Kuwaiti family office on its acquisition of a stake in a fund administration business, structured with a 3 year earn out

model.

• TLG Capital Credit Opportunities Fund on its $25m credit investment into African microfinance group GetBucks and its

secured debt investment of $10m into BroadBand Home, a Ghanaian broadband provider (nominated for mid cap and

small cap deal of the year respectively at Private Equity Africa Awards 2015).

• Preparation of loan and security documentation for a bridging loan for a financial trading company.

• Advising Startupbootcamp on the launch of a start-up accelerator program

Alexander graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with BA in Business Management and Economics. After

working on business improvement and restructuring at a consultancy in London, Alexander completed the Graduate

Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London. Prior to joining MJ Hudson, Alexander gained

paralegal experience at several firms including Lee & Thompson LLP, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and Proskauer

Rose LLP.

Alexander Scordino

Trainee Solicitor

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Joanna joined the firm in September 2016 as a paralegal and assists the firm on a variety of private equity matters, including

Fund formation, M&A and Corporate transactions.

Joanna graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2011, with a BA (Hons) in English Literature, and a Masters in

International Relations. After working for a year in the oil and gas industry, Joanna then completed her Graduate Diploma in

Law and LPC LLM at the University of Law Moorgate in 2016.

Joanna Griffin

Paralegal

Jacob joined the firm in September 2016 as a paralegal, and assists the team on a range of Private Equity, Hedge Fund and

Investment Fund matters.

Jacob joins fresh from finishing the LPC at the University of Law Moorgate Campus in 2016, having beforehand completed

the LLB at Sheffield Hallam University in 2015.

Jacob Freeman

Paralegal

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MJ Hudson’s team, continued

Natacha joined MJ Hudson in September 2016, as a paralegal assisting the team on a range of Corporate, M&A and

Investment Fund matters.

Born and raised in Switzerland, she moved to the UK to read a double major in Psychology and Law at the University of

Kent, Canterbury. After a further year doing an LLM, she completed her LPC at the College of Law and has since

experienced both in-house and private practice environments. Natacha spent a year in the IP department at Warner Bros.

and went on to work in private investment funds, initially at Baker & McKenzie, focusing on Secondaries, and then at

Proskauer, assisting the team primarily on fundraising, secondaries, M&A transactions and capital markets deals.

Natacha Oz

Paralegal

William joined the firm in August 2016 as a paralegal and assists the team on a range of Corporate, M&A and Investment

Fund matters.

Prior to joining MJ Hudson, William worked as Senior Parliamentary Assistant to Mark Menzies MP, helping to co-manage a

successful general election campaign in 2015.

William graduated Durham University in 2010 with a degree in History, and completed his GDL and LPC at the University of

Law Moorgate in 2016, earning a Distinction in his LPC.

William Moore

Paralegal

MJH Group - Verras Fiduciary Services

Fiduciary and wealth management solutions

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Verras Fiduciary Services Limited is an

independent trust business based in

Guernsey which specialises in the

provision of fiduciary and wealth

management structures for international

clients. These include:-

i) investment entities forming part of

fund structures such as limited

partnerships, protected or

incorporated cell companies and

carried interest vehicles;

ii) family office services to manage the

family wealth of the principals

creating fund structures;

iii) a full range of trustee services

including discretionary trusts, private

trust companies and foundations;

iv) companies and other special purpose

vehicles for asset protection; and

v) offshore pension and employee

remuneration schemes which may

prove attractive during corporate

restructuring prior to takeovers or

IPOs.

Mark Pattimore

Managing Director

mark.pattimore@verrasfs.com

Tel: 01481 741251

Huw Salter

Client Services Director

huw.salter@verrasfs.com

Tel: 01481 741252

Katie Fallaize

Senior Administrator

katie.fallaize@verrasfs.com

Tel: 01481 741254

Huw is responsible for clients and also acts as the

firm’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer.

Huw has spent over twenty one years in the offshore

financial services industry, in which he has gained

substantial fiduciary and family office experience.

He is also a non-executive director of various funds.

Mark has responsibility for all aspects of the business.

With over 30 years’ experience in the financial

services industry, he has substantial pension, trust

and company administration experience.

Mark is an accountant and the current chairman of the

Guernsey Association of Trustees.

Katie deals with private client administration.

Katie joined the team with 4 years’ experience in

pension, trust and company administration, gained in

the fiduciary department of a local pension provider.

www.verrasfs.com

MJH Group - Far Blue IR

We Speak Investor

Far Blue IR was founded to assist fund managers and entrepreneurs with positioning, communications and investor relations. The team helps its

clients better understand how they are perceived in the market and advises on how to usefully and credibly stand out. Far Blue IR also helps its

clients to identify and attract new sources of capital and strengthen existing relationships. The firm has experience working with managers in

private equity, hedge funds, real estate, private debt and venture capital. Far Blue also acts as MJ Hudson’s marketing team.

Matthew Craig-Greene

Director

020 3463 3215

matthew.craig-greene@farblueir.com

Daniel Daines

Marketing Assistant

020 3463 3219

daniel.daines@

farblueir.com

Nick Lowe

Marketing Assistant

020 3463 7038

nicholas.lowe@

farblueir.com

Matthew has more than 15 years of experience in research and consulting and advising emerging

and established fund managers on how to attract and keep investors. He also helps advisors and

service providers to the alternative assets industry with their marketing and communications.

Matthew and his team can help managers at any stage of maturity. They are skilled at creating or

refreshing a brand and establishing market positioning and have considerable experience

developing or improving fund marketing documentation (teaser, pitchbook, PPM, DDQ,

Dataroom). The team also provides end-to-end website development services and is well-known

for its market research, and its thought leadership work.

The team has now also developed an outsourced Investor Relations service, creating engaging

communications for LPs across and between fundraisings. Matthew has worked with many

emerging managers and also with very established groups, such as: 3i, Apax, Coller Capital,

CVC, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PAI.

www.farblueir.com

Alex Carlton

Marketing Assistant

020 3693 7033

alexander.carlton@

farblueir.com

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Our team advises across a broad range of practice areas

Hedge FundsIncluding:

• Regulation (including AIFMD)

• Structuring and establishment

• Documentation Martin Cornish Ben Watford Myles Flint

Private FundsIncluding:

• Fund structuring

• Fund reviews

• Fund restructuring

FinanceIncluding:

• Fund finance

• Sponsor-led offers

• Corporate loan facilities

Eamon Devlin Jonathan Bale Benjamin Aller

Jonathan Bale Guy Grayson Andrew Mills

TaxAlliances with:

• KPMG Ireland

• BDO

• NGM Tax Law

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Our team advises across a broad range of practice areas

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Corporate/M&AIncluding:

• Cross border transactions

• Structuring and establishment

• Outsourced General Counsel service

SecondariesIncluding:

• Fund sale and purchase

• Direct secondaries

• Co-Investment

Start-Ups & VCIncluding:

• (S)EIS scheme compliance

• Angel and VC investments

• Corporate loan facilities

Capital MarketsIncluding:

• Equity Capital Markets

• Debt Capital Markets

• Derivative instruments

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Andrew Mills Jonathan Bale Guy Grayson

Ted Craig Andrew Mills

Karma Samdup Graham Nicholson Ryan BrownCo

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Graham Nicholson Matthew Wrigley Ben Watford

Benjamin Aller

Key Contacts

Client Details

CONFIDENTIAL A large number of confidential hedge fund matters

Ingenious Music VCT

Listed AP Alternative Assets, L.L (AAA) Fund

MidOcean Partners (out of Deutsche Bank)

Chamonix I, II, III

Calunius Capital

CCMP Capital (out of JP Morgan)

Octopus Investments

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MJ Hudson’s fund structuring and fund raising experience

“I needed a legal firm who would provide effective legal advice, and support me as my partner

across all areas of setting up a hedge fund consultancy, but also act in a timely and efficient

fashion. I am delighted to be working with the team at MJ Hudson”Fiona Macpherson, Cluny Capital

Martin Cornish

Partner

Jonathan Bale

Advocate & Principal

Benjamin Aller

Partner

Ben Watford

Partner

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

Key Contacts

Investor Details

Debt and equity co-investment in Hunkemoller

Take private of BAA PLC, airport group

Burton’s Funds debt-for-equity swap

Various debt and equity restructurings

Acquisition of Peverel business from administrators

Advising on investment in a Ugandan power plant

Leveraged buyout of Greek private healthcare group

Acquisition of biotech business

Andrew Mills

Partner

Ted Craig

Partner

Jonathan Bale

Advocate and

Principal

Eamon Devlin

Managing Partner

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MJ Hudson’s corporate and M&A experience

"MJ Hudson advised us on our Fund's first portfolio acquisition. We were very impressed with

commitment, professionalism and their pro-active, practical approach to getting us over the line“

Eric De Moudt, African Frontier Capital Partners

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

Key Contacts

Client Details

Advising on a seed funding round

Establishment of start-up accelerator programs

Advising on a seed funding round

Advising on investment in Funxional Therapeutics Ltd

Advising on venture investment into Minicabster

Establishment of ‘spin out’ VC fund backed by EIF

Advising on structuring and financing of Grenade

Establishment of Zenith LLP

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MJ Hudson’s start-ups and venture capital experience

“MJ Hudson really are an innovative law firm. Its VC team, led by partner Karma Samdup, did a

super job, negotiating complex terms with three large financial institutions.”Carsten Kolbek, Startupbottcamp Fintech

Karma Samdup

Partner

Andrew Mills

Partner

Graham Nicholson

Consultant

Ryan Brown

Associate

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

Key Contacts

Client Details

Largest AIM IPO of 2014 and £112m convertible bond

offer (2015)

Zero dividend preference share offer for AIM-listed natural

resources and commodity investment holding company

Over 60 CDO / Eurobond listings

London Stock Exchange Mainboard listing

Previously China Wonder, the first Chinese company on

AIM

Securitisation and commercial paper programme

PFI structured finance

Securitisation and commercial paper programme

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MJ Hudson’s capital markets experience

“So glad that there’s a law firm out there with specialist expertise in our industry. It shows every

time we talk to them. They are an absolute pleasure to work with.”Neil Mahapatra, Kingsley Capital Partners

Matthew Wrigley

Consultant

Ben Watford

Partner

Graham Nicholson

Consultant

Jonathan Bale

Advocate and Principal

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

Key Contacts

Client Details

Adviser to private equity secondaries market

Establishment of a Jersey limited partnership

Disposal of PE fund interests to a PE secondaries fund

Secondary direct acquisition of certain interests

Acquisition of Peverel Group

Sale of various interests

Advising Motion Fund II on fund/GP restructuring

Advising on the acquisition of various portfolios

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MJ Hudson’s direct and indirect secondaries experience

“Straight fund sales, direct and co-investments, complex structured transactions; their legal

advice, coupled with perseverance, have been an integral part in executing these transactions.”Dr Marco Wulff, Montana Capital Partners

Ted Craig

Partner

Eamon Devlin

Managing Partner

Andrew Mills

Partner

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

Benjamin Aller

Partner

Client Details

Debt fund investor

Co-investments & sub participations

Financing for secondary fund transactions

Debt investments to African borrowers

Mezzanine debt financing

Syndicated term loan facility for residential, hotel, hospital

developments in Malaysia and Vietnam

Eastern European logistic infrastructure loans and related

security

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MJ Hudson’s finance experience

“MJ Hudson is more than just a dynamic law firm providing top rate legal advice – it is a trusted

adviser, critical in choppy waters. Most importantly, its partners are accessible, responsive and

pragmatic” Susan Payne, EmVest Asset Management

Key Contacts

Jonathan Bale

Principal

Guy Grayson

Senior Associate

Andrew Mills

Partner

Matthew Wrigley

Consultant

Below is a sample of the team’s varied experience:

MACHLINORACLE

A sample of current and recent clients

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Contact

Matthew HudsonSenior Partner, London

+44 (0)20 3463 3201

matthew.hudson@mjhudson.com

Our offices

Eamon DevlinManaging Partner, London

+44 (0)20 3463 3207

eamon.devlin@mjhudson.com

London8 Old Jewry

London

EC2R 8DN

+44 (0)20 3463 3200

Jersey2nd Floor, Hilgrove House

10 Hilgrove Street

St Helier

Jersey JE2 4SL

+44 (0)1534 712900

Guernsey

Hadsley House

Lefebvre Street

St. Peter Port

Guernsey, GY1 4JE

+44 (0)20 3463 3200

ZurichLöwenstrasse 66

P.O. Box 4016

CH-8021 Zurich

+41 43 466 70 51

Paris72 Rue du Faubourg

Saint-Honoré,

75008 Paris, France

+33 (0)1 83 81 50 00

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LEGAL LEADERSHIP ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT

Coller Capital (secondaries)

Credit Suisse (buyouts)

Far Blue Ventures

(University IP spin-outs)

Co-founded SJ Berwin’s PE team

Launched Proskauer in London

Re-established O’Melveny &

Meyers in London

Matthew Hudson founded MJ Hudson after a career

spanning law and alternative asset management

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